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I care. I am sure other people who read such articles care. And there might be yet another category of people who find it inspiring to such an extent that they are moved to act or change something about the way they do things.

I didn't know Zulip or what they did prior to reading this, so I guess it's also contextual. I understand why they would advertize that they didn't change their plan even though Slack did and they are indeed free to post whatever they want on their corporate blog. I would just take it with a grain of salt given the underlying interests.

I would take this post with a grain of salt given it's written by a direct competitor who has many reasons to have a biased point of view. That they noticed people signing up in troves on their platform is a totally valid point. They do mention that fact, but a big disclaimer is the kind of information you'd like to see at the top of the article.

I think the term "nomad" is probably not applicable in this context given that those countries are offering longer-term residencies. In my view, digital nomadism is the idea of being to move around more often and setting up shop anywhere. It also usually promotes taking non-ecological means of transportation (i.e. planes) and can lead to the replacement of the local population with "digital nomads" renting on Airbnb.

Thanks for providing those links.

It would be great to be able to read the actual paper.

Looks awesome! Well done! It would be great to have a similar UI for LaTeX or maybe even a REPL. Cheers!

Thank you for sharing!

This is really cool, would you mind sharing the project code? I'd be interested in automatically updating/publishing my notes in such a way with org mode.

Agreed, and I would add that I have been keeping my bookmarks & tags synced on all devices using Firefox Sync for several years now without any issues. It's just great. Same for passwords. There is a in-depth article about the privacy features of their design [1]. If you add containers[2], then there is really no reason to use Chrome.

[1] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/11/firefox-sync-privacy/

[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

I use Firefox bookmarks which syncs across all devices and has tags (although it's difficult to get them out without using the places.sqlite database file). I also have a subscription to pinboard.in but only to sync my FF bookmarks and tags there as a backup.

I wonder if the author has ever calculated how much metric tons of CO2 were produced as an externality of his nomadic lifestyle.

Really great that you shared all that data and even added additional graphs, thanks for the inspiration. I think there were some recommendations that floated around that suggested we should be at 2 metric tonnes per person by 2050 to be able to maintain +2 C°.

This project is super cool. I would recommend the author starts tracking the amount of CO2 he emits in a year, which could easily be approximated with the flight/transportation and food data he has. Carbon emissions per Capita per year in the US: 18 metric tonnes. In Italy: 8 metric tonnes [1]. Author is probably close to 60-80 with all the transatlantic flights.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2009/sep/02...

The code examples seem to not be working for me on Firefox 100.0b5 (64-bit) on Windows. I only see black rectangles.

The author argues that focused, deep, and uninterrupted reading is harder to achieve when our brains become addicted to the effects of rewarding stimuli, such as those offered on the internet. My personal experience has been just that. When I want to truly understand & reflect on what I read, I need to actually remove all the distractions (phone, laptop) and force myself to not use those for a while. If I don't pick up a book for a month, the effort required to avoid the temptations becomes higher.

Ironically, regulation would probably make the rise of any competitor unlikely. Forcing Facebook to sell or break up its entities would have an immediate net benefit, since the company couldn't share all the data across the entities without breaking some GDPR rules.

From their announcement to existing customers:

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Pray do tell of those more open (and cheaper) alternative devices?

I use Linux and the fact that this poorly-written article ended up on the front-page of HN makes me wish for a downvote feature.

1. AMD CPU

2. Modular design & replaceable parts (à la https://frame.work)

3. Physical kill switches for camera, audio, Wi-Fi (à la Purism/Librem)

Not to remove from some of the valid concerns made in the article, but I find it ironic that a post decrying centralization of Ethereum services is written on Medium.

On a tangentially related point, as much as I love Firefox, their current implementation of search suggestions is a mess when using the search bar. Even if I try to deactivate the "provide search suggestions" option in the "Search" settings, it always keeps the a child-option active (i.e. "Show search suggestions ahead of browsing history in address bar results").

Another nit-pick, when I type "github", the first result shown is "github.blog" which forces me to type "github.com". I assume it uses my bookmarks for this completely irrelevant suggestion.

Depending on what you mean (e.g. without tweaking), it is actually possible to self-host. The thread you shared has comments that say they were successful.

Getoutline.com is a great lightweight open source alternative to Notion.

Try getoutline.com. it's open source too.

I'll repost my comment from yesterday. It's unfortunate, yet not surprising, that Facebook's legal team would want to threaten and sue. Of course, Facebook's own behavior is most likely 1000x worse for users than the research that they are trying to prevent. As a consumer, if this bothers you, express your preference by uninstalling Instagram and whatever other product that belongs to Facebook.

It's unfortunate, yet not surprising, that Facebook's legal team would want to threaten and sue. Of course, Facebook's own behavior is most likely 1000x worse for users than the research that they are trying to prevent. As a consumer, if this bothers you, express your preference by uninstalling Instagram and whatever other product that belongs to Facebook.

Easy. Just assign some random value to customer value. Assign another random value as the return on investment. Divide the first by the second. Voilà.

This entire page reads like one of those infomercial ads promising you too can become rich quick.